Well, I leave tomorrow for the Ukraine. Today will be busy with packing and making sure that I have everything.  My passport and visa should be coming this afternoon thankfully. I have also received an email from a friend already in the Ukraine that heat will not be an issue. Although Russia has stopped supplying natural gas (which my apartment runs on) to the Ukraine they have a supply that should last till April. By then it should be warmer and heat should not be needed as much. So I will not freeze, well at least once I am inside my apartment.  I found out Friday that I have to take the Alabama Prospective Teacher's Test before I can get into South's Grad program. The only date that I could take the test and get my score back in time is May 16, I am suppose to come back May 20.  If I miss this test date I will not be able to start Grad school until the spring. So it looks like I will be coming back a bit early. I am praying that God works it all out to what he wants for me. It is out of my hands and into his. I checked the weather report for Poltava and it looks like a warmer day of a 32F (although it feels like 22F) with a light snow shower. Good thing I love the cold!